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Dec 3, 2022

Clubs and Societies : A Freshman's Perspective

By Kunal Singh, UG25 and Vishnu Prakash, UG24 College is life in itself. A time to rethink, to restart, and to receive as much new...

Dec 3, 2022

Fear and Trembling: Ashoka and its Many, Many Epidemics

By Siya Sharma (UG ‘23) As the second half of our much beloved, smog-choked monsoon smog typhoon of a monsoon semester rears its ugly...

Dec 3, 2022

Workers claim worker shortage, Admin alleges absenteeism

By Navya Asopa (UG’24) and Avishi Dalmia (UG’25) With the new batch (UG’25) consisting of 677 students, and a number of additional study...

Dec 3, 2022

5 Fail-Safe, Definitely Useful Tips to Navigate Applications and Placement Season

By Smriti Nambudiri (ASP’23) Are you feeling it? The growing feeling of numb panic and mild existential dread that comes with the...

Dec 3, 2022

I Put My Dog on a Pedestal and He Fell

By Priyal Nahata, UG’24 I remember the first time I met Enzo, the Italian-Calcuttan beagle, at my date's place. Earlier, Avi would use...

Dec 3, 2022

The Edict’s FIFA World Cup 2022 Knockout Preview

By Analie Dutta Choudhury (UG’23) and Kartikay Dutta (UG’23) No World Cup is played without controversy, but that is true most perhaps...

Nov 26, 2022

Results of the CDC Referendum- A sliver of hope

by Aneesh Sriram (UG '25) As a sliver of hope to the Student Government of Ashoka, the New Constitution draft was passed in an...

Nov 26, 2022

Hijab Challenges Artificially Created National Identity, says Professor Menon in CSGS talk

by Sana Chowdhury (UG '24) The Centre for Studies in Gender and Sexuality (CSGS) hosted a panel discussion to shed light on the Hijab Ban...

Nov 26, 2022

ALF: A 3-day Literary Correspondence

Written by Aishanya Gupta and Diya Mahesh Ashoka Literature Festival (ALF) held its second offline edition on the 11th, 12th and 13th of...

Nov 26, 2022

Why Did ALF Fail?

By Geetanjali Roy ,UG'24 (Writer) and Soham Dey,UG'23 (Interviewer) Ashoka Literature Fest sent out an email announcing inductions on...

Nov 26, 2022

Measures Against Air Pollution

By Staff Writer Recently Ashoka’s Air Quality Index (AQI) shot up to 440. While the administration put some measures to address it in...

Nov 26, 2022

Six new Faculty members join the Political Science Department

By Anirudh S.K., ASP’23 Six new faculty members have joined the Department of Political Science as assistant professors this semester....

Nov 17, 2022

Pastoral Care and YIF Concerns: A Recap of the Proctors' Townhall

By Aliya Sheriff (YIF'23) and Sidharth Wagle (UG'25) A Proctors' Townhall was conducted on 3rd November for the entire student body. The...

Nov 11, 2022

Beyond the Lit. in Literature Festivals

by Priyanshi Prasad, UG'24. Literature Festivals offer us an opportunity to show appreciation for literature: both the art form and the...

Nov 9, 2022

Young, Living & Breathing: The demise of the SR

By Soham Dey (UG ‘23) A few weeks ago, Professor Orijit Sen, the author of what is recognized as India’s first graphic novel, had come to...

Nov 5, 2022

What is wrong with the new Constitution and why I will still vote for it

By Sankalp Dasmohapatra With the Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) wrapping up yet another open meeting on the 1st of November with...

Nov 4, 2022

CDC defends Constitution in final meeting before student voting

By Aneesh Sriram, UG25 After a long-drawn process of drafting a new constitution for the SG, the CDC1 rolled out the document on the 29th...

Nov 4, 2022

Lack of Resources among the Red Bricks

By Raghav Bansal and Vidhi Bhutra, UG'24 Over the years as Ashoka has grown, so has its student body. The undergraduate batch of 2024 is...

Nov 1, 2022

Students largely unsatisfied with campus internet; what next?

By Anirudh S.K., ASP'23 In light of the general mood among the student body regarding campus internet, The Edict put some numbers to...

Oct 28, 2022

An Insight into the Violence during Seniors Week

By Mansi Bahl, UG'24 TW- Mentions of Harassment and Violence During Seniors Week, the student body received an email about eve-teasing...

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